Wednesday
As his heartbeat slowed, I knew it was time. There was nothing preventing me from telling him my secret now.
"You called me baby."
"I'm sorry, did you not like that?"
"No I did. You've just always called me Penny. Or Miss Taylor. Everything you say sounds sexy though. You could call me anything."
Professor Hunter smiled. "And you've always called me Professor Hunter."
"I think you like that I keep calling you that."
"You do, huh?"
"It makes everything sexier. Mysterious and forbidden. Wrong but so right."
"Nothing is wrong about you and me." He tucked a strand of hair behind my ear. "Melissa said something after I left, didn't she? I can tell that something is bothering you."
"No, it's not that." Only partially.
"Hold that thought." He slowly rose from the couch.
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